Australia’s men’s national wheelchair basketball teams, Rollers and U23 Spinners are set to undergo a 12-day camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
The Camp started on Wednesday and will run until Sunday, July 31. The Rollers and Spinners will host both Germany and Japan, as both Aussie teams prepare for their respective World Championships later in the year.
The U23 Spinners’ World Championship will be in Phuket, Thailand from September 3-17 under Head Coach, Brad Ness.
“These guys are going up against three of the top eight in the world senior teams, so it is going to be a tough series of games for them and some great learning but will hopefully give them some invaluable game experience to prepare for their junior championships,” said General Manager of Basketball Australia’s Wheelchair and 3×3 programs, Leigh Gooding.
The Rollers are currently ranked fifth in the World, and will be facing Japan, who are coming off the back of a silver medal win from the Tokyo Paralympics, as well as the German team who finished seventh.
“It will be an extremely high-level and competitive series of International friendlies that we have put in place,” said Gooding.
The squad of 16 Rollers at the AIS camp will then be condensed down to 12 to head to the Tokyo Paralympics Anniversary event from August 22-26, and then on to the IWBF World Championships in Dubai from November 11-28.
Game one tips off on Thursday, July 21 at 3pm AEST with a scrimmage between the Rollers and Spinners.
Games can be streamed via Playsight.
Teams
Rollers
Sammy White
Jannik Blair
Jeremy Tyndall
Matt McShane
Phil Evans
Shaun Norris
Andrew Dewberry
Tom O’Neill-Thorne
Kim Robins
John McPhail
CJ McCarthy-Grogan
Michael Auprince
Tristan Knowles
Bill Latham
Shawn Russell
Jordan Bartley
U23 Spinners
Frank Pinder
Hayden Siebuhr
Brayden Foxley-Conolly
Angus Johnston
Charles Smart
Eithen Leard
Lachlin Dalton
Mitchell Bond
Tomas Klien
Dylan Robinson
Harry Mullen
Jaylen Brown
Thomas McHugh
Ben Moncrieff
Zach Binns
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